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Thursday, March 16, 2017

KEEPING ITALY ON TOP: WHOM YOU KNOW CELEBRATES ITALIAN STYLE INTELLIGENCE AND EXCELLENCE: Olio Verde with Lemon Highly Recommended by Whom You Know! One Way To Make Perfection Even Better...

When Olive Oil is presented to you at your favorite dining venue, if you're like us, you always check it out (but maybe you are not asking the owner if he or she knows the owner of the olive oil brand or if they personally create it in their olive grove...we ask because we think you want to know).  All Olive Oil is not the same and when you possess beaucoup de taste levels, you're going to discover that not only is there superior olive oil in this world, there are differentiations of it hailing from Italy, obviously one of the strongest quality producers as a country.
Of all of the Italian Olive Oils we've tried, we prefer Olio Verde.
It's been featured twice on Whom You Know:
Not only do they do traditional well, but Olio Verde also can turn it upside down and inside out with their Lemon version, which is simply sensational in its quintessential purity.  
Accurate and natural production methods make Olio Verde a pleasure for your senses. lt already has seven precious years of excellence, where an outstanding high standard of quality and production is maintained.  
Olio Verde with Lemon ensues from the sumptuously delicious combination of Nocellara del 
Belice olives and the zests of Femminello Verdello lemons, both picked green before reaching the 
stage of full ripeness. 100% natural, unfiltered, with no chemical additives or artificial flavors, it is 
a pure nectar of olives and lemon peel, to ensure a unique citrus taste.
When you meet it, you'll ask it where it has been all your life.
It will greet you with its intrinsic bright golden green hue and mesmerizing cloudy consistency, and it will meet your palate with its zesty freshness and the same fruity note characterizing all the products of the line; this kicks this brand into a higher gear.
Olio Verde with Lemon 
is Highly Recommended by Whom You Know. 





Olio Verde S.r.l. is much more than international company, it is a worldwide family where human relations have an outstanding value. The Home of Olio Verde - Antica Tenuta dei Principi Pignatelli is where all the products are manufactured and designed. This historical Estate is a paradise of 25 hectares located in Castelvetrano, southwestern Sicily, immersed in the Mediterranean sun. Here, the Olio Verde’s worldwide headquarters is located and it is open to everyone who wants to connect minds, share ideas and news. This strong link between this historic place and all the visionary people is the starting point to define the Olio Verde Family who provides extensive resources, offers solutions and develops opportunities. It is composed of experts in agriculture, researchers in matters of taste, marketing and branding, hospitality aficionados, enthusiasts from every walk of life and of any style, travelers and home-dwellers, all marveling at the flavors and colors of Olio Verde and its luxurious home. 

Awards of Olio Verde Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Gold Award, Medium Intensity, New York Olive Oil Competition, New York, USA, 2016, officially amongst the best olive oils of the world 

Silver Medal, Medium Intensity, The Los Angeles EVOO International Competition, Los Angeles, USA, 2016

Silver Trophy “SOFI AWARD”, Evoo Category, Fancy Food Show (NASFT), New York, USA, 2015

Silver Medal, Robust Intensity, LA County Fair Competition, Los Angeles, USA, 2012

Silver Medal, Robust Intensity, LA County Fair Competition, Los Angeles, USA, 2011

Goldene Olive, International Olive Oil Award, Zurich, Switzerland, 2012 - At the competition’s first run

Gold Award, ANUGA, Cologne, Germany, 1998

Gold Trophy “SOFI AWARD”, Evoo Category , Fancy Food Show (NASFT), New York, USA - First olive oil to receive the award 

Best Oil, Natives Oel Award, Symposium der Nativen Olivenoele, Bad-Mergentheim, Germany, 1996

Gold Medal of the European Parliament, Tradition Innovation, European Parliament Strasburg, France, 1994

Today the Olio Verde Family is guided by Valeria Becchina. They create and distribute ethically and professionally all over the world. 
Their most motivating force is the perpetuation and improvement of the native special olive oil millenary tradition. 
All the Olio Verde recipes and methods have been created combining tradition and innovation in a unique manner with an ecofriendly production process; for that and more reasons the European Parliament awarded Olio Verde with the Gold Medal in order to recognize this great work for the territory and local know-how. Their philosophy is based on transparency and open, shared communication, in an effort to improve the service with every passing year. 1985 marked the international launch of their first extra virgin olive oil bottle and they have since continued to strive for outstanding quality, original products and have contributed actively to spreading awareness about the value of healthy, tasty and authentic foods. 
All the Olio Verde products are manufactured as well as designed at the Antica Tenuta dei Principi Pignatelli – The Home of Olio Verde. The Antica Tenuta (Ancient Estate). 
The Olio Verde Family tends to its olives and the exceptional product they yield with meticulous care: the harvest is performed in the most delicate of manners, by handpicking the fruit, through October even end of September based on the varying seasonal climate and ripening conditions. Within a few hours from coming off the trees, the olives are hand-sorted attentively, meticulously freed from any leaves or debris, and washed in a constant stream of clean water while conveyed to the milling plant. Furthermore, they use osmosed water during all stages of production. The extracted oil is then moved to be stored in stainless steel containers in a cool space at Palazzo Pignatelli, a Medieval castle, before being packaged at the time of each order. 
Owing to the virtues of its source and its low acidity of around 0.1%, Olio Verde is safe and authentic, a result achieved thanks to exacting production criteria. 
To ensure maximum transparency and versatility, through precise and oriented production methods, the company discloses the harvest week of each extra virgin olive oil obtaining varying flavors, tones and colors without being altered artificially. Pleasure is natural! 
Through the years, Olio Verde has been recognized with the attribution of many awards such as The Natives Oel Award - Bad Mergentheim, the Golden Olive Prize, The international Olive Oil Award in Zurich and two prestigious NASFT Golden Trophy Sofi Award at the Fancy Food Show in New York, being the first olive oil ever to be granted this honor! In the words of their US importer, Olio Verde is the first company to have been awarded two food Oscars. In 2016 The "Gold Award" of the most important international competition of extra virgin olive oil- "The Best Olive Oils 2016" at NYIOOC - New York has once again confirmed Olio Verde as one of the best evoo in the world. 
Olio Verde is a family responsibility that is set to evolve. Valeria’s teenage son Daniel and her little princess Ambra are already learning the art of olive-oil making enjoying the Estate’s peaceful atmosphere and thousands of visitors all year long. 
Valeria takes care of this incredible heritage. 
She was born in Basel, Switzerland. She studied at French schools in France and Switzerland. During her studies, she became passionate in business management matters so she refocused her attentions in this direction. 
Meanwhile, languages are important so she started a lot of business projects around the world. At home, she confess to speak in Italian with her father and German with her mum, so the family have chosen French as common home language. 
Today with her children, she used to speak French with her son, Italian with her little girl and they choose Spanish as well as English as common home language. She currently speaks 7 languages and can’t wait to learn some more. 
A the end of 2010 she moved to Sicily to guide Olio Verde S.r.l. 
She tells about her principles which are essentially three: 
Always being strong, updated and capable to innovate 
Respecting and preserving our environment going green 
Being determined to reach all targets she has previously imposed on herself. 

Where to buy Olio Verde products in USA 
Olio Verde Classic can be purchased nationwide directly from the web store: www.markethallfoods.com
For Florida Shops and Markets, please contact Prime Line Distributors www.primelinedist.com 

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